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. No. 79,367. 4 PATENIED JUNE 30, 1868.

.'R. M. MANSUR.

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Letters Patent No. raseiwmta June so, 1868.

IMPROVED WASH-BOARD.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON CERN':

'Be it known that I, R. M. MANSUB, of Augusta, in the county of Kennebec, and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wash-Boards and'Washing-Machines; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view, and

Figure 2 a similar view ofthe same.

In fig. 1, A represents a' common wash-tub; B, a wash-board, in the lower part of which are rolls, 0 c 0, above which is a: common creased wash-board, D, witha similar rubber-board, F, operated by the handle E, it being attached to the wash-board by elastic rubber straps K. G is a recess in the wash-board, for holding the rubber when not in use. -0 is a fastening, operated by cams H, to hold or fasten it to the tub. I is a brace, fol-holding up the lower end of the wash-board, the lower end of which, when in use, should restin theinside corner of the tub at M, bringing the lower end of the wash-board aboutatN. I V

In fig. 2, A represents tho-upper ed'g e of the wasli-tub; J, the lower'inner edge; cc 0, the reased pivoted rolls; II, the braces for holding up the lower end of the wash-board; F the rubber-board; E, the handle of the sametK K, the rubber straps holding it to the rubber-board; G, the recess for placing the same in when not in use. I The operation is: The wash-board B is plziced'in a common wash-tub, or in abort tub made for the purpose, and. fastened, to keep it steady, to theside of the tub A, by cams or thumb-screws, the lower end of which is kept up by the lower end of the braces, I, coming in or near the'cor'nerof the tub'at M,- for the purpose of giving more room for the clothes in the tub, or it can be used as a common wash -hoardflhe sides extending farther down and resting in the opposite corner' of the tub.v These rolls being creased, serve to squeeze or press the dirt out much more readily, mnd'with much less wear than ona common grooved board. The grooved part of the wash-board D is for the purpose, needed, of. rubbing very dirty collars or wristbands or hard spots in clothes. The rubber-board F, extending across the wash-board, is for holding the clothes, instead of thehands, covering a muchJarger space thanthe hands, thereby enabling a person to washmuch faster, and not-having to put the hands in the suds, much hotter water can housed, which also tends to take the dirt out much quicker and-easier. The elastic rubber bandstend to draw the rubber board back after it has been pushed down over the rolls c c c, the clothes to be washed being between the rubber and rolls. These elastic straps can be used or not, as preferred, they being readily taken off by slipping the. rings back near the pins holding theui to the board and rubber. Tho fastenings of the board to the tub may be made of wood, or malleable castings. The rolls, a c 0, should be made of good hard wood, about one inch and a quarter'in 'dia meter, being cut in the form of alw ood-screw, cut right and left, one of each 'kind being put in alternately.

A cheap wriuger may be attached to the upper part of the wash-board, if desired, at'the recess G. g I I disclaim the, described rolls, creased rubber-boards, the r bber and its elastic strap, and {he p'fineipl'eef fastening tho w'ash-board to the tub, but

What I 'claim', and wish to obtain Letters Patent, for, isv The combination, with the wash-board'B, constructed as described, of. the pivoted props I, the projections O, and cam II, arranged and adapted to operate as herein represented an d dcsci ibed, an'difor the purposespecified.

B. M. MAN-sun;

Witnesses: v

E. D MAYHEM, J. FRANKLIN REIGART. 

